How do I heal?

Hi~

I'm Gist, and I started playing MMOs in general (beginning with this one) during the Valentine's Day event of 2015. My favorite role in multiplayer games is support, and healers seem to be the equivalent of that. I've been holding my own for a while, but what I've been doing won't really cut it for the real content that is to come with future patches. So I'll reach out to my fellow healing community: what do I need to do to become a real healer that's worth taking on an EX fight? Are there things I'm doing wrong that I should be doing better? Is WHM even a good healing class (I don't really see other WHMs other than myself)?

Thanks to all who read this thread :3

Looks like you're a whm. People will tell you white mage is a reactive healer. Don't listen to them.

You need to proactively proactivate your skills. You need that Cure or Medica dropping just as the damage does. Learn the fights to anticipate the parts that are high damage (either on the raid or on the tank(s)). Learn the best places to stand at various parts, and when AoE is coming that might make you move. Precast, precast, precast. Don't forget your buffs and debuffs -- even WHM virus has its uses.

Regen is amazing.

Yes WHM is an excellent class. I prefer WHM skills over SCH, although I do love SCH. I recommend making some macros to make your party-play easier.

For example,

/micon "Stone II"
/ac "Stone II" <tt>
/ac "Stone II" <t>

This macro will first attempt to Stone II your Target of Target (your Tank's target), and otherwise it will Stone II your current DPS target.

Another example,

/micon "Regen"
/ac "Regen" <mo>
/ac "Regen" <t>

This macro will first attempt to cast Regen on your Mouse Over target, otherwise it will cast on your current target.

Little macros like these improve our party-play-efficiency tremendously. You can setup macros like this for nearly every DPS and healing skill. Best of luck!

I am new here, but I do understand the basics of healing quite well from other MMOs.

• Arrange the UI the way you feel comfortable. Feeling comfortable looking at your screen, knowing exactly where all your abilities are, and being able to click someone to heal in your group frame easily is crucial. There is actually a very good discussion on these threads about that. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...3-Healer-HuD-s
• Understand all your abilities. Research is key and the better you know your class the easier it will be in any situation.
• Know where to stand. It may seem silly, but I have seen healers stand in possibly the worst positions every for AoE damage or cones. Why heal more than you have to?
• Understand and accept that most players won't necessarily think of what makes it easier for you. Usually only other healers understand the woes that only a healer can understand. Prepare for that and prepare to pickup their slack.

Abuse your regen. Try to keep regen on tanks at all times. If you see random dps taking hits, toss a regen on them instead of a cure II/I. Try to cure I as much as possible, I would say if a tank is under half HP than you want to cure II. I normally try to line my cure I up with the boss's auto attacks, basically casting it on cooldown. Prevents you from blowing mp on a cure II when not necessary. Let your medica II regen do its job. I see many whm's medica II, then medica to top people off. Let the regen do that, otherwise you're overcuring by alot.

I don't use any Macros because you can't queue spells so ends up making things slower and I find it's not really that hard to know who the tank is targeting. Especially in boss fights, 99% sure they will be targeting the actual boss and not an add. To echo the others above, I do the same, keep Medica II up all the time and then on the tanks usually Regen as well, sometimes myself. Especially if something big is coming. With WHM you have the sweet Divine Seal which is instant cast and increases your healing potency by 30% which is huge. This is great when a big attack is coming, or if you want to DPS a bit, pop it, then Regen / Medica II and you're REALLY boosting the healing output.

Other helpful tip is to just have confidence. Most times if someone dies it's actually not your fault unless you're distracted etc, it's usually because they missed an AoE or tank pulled too big etc. Also most people are not watching what you're doing, especially DPS. I was always so paranoid staring out that people would be yelling at me all the time like "Why are you casting this or that now!?" but no one ever does. You'll have tons of time to practice as well as you learn skills as you go, so the most basic dungeons you will pretty much only have a couple of spells and not need to do a lot of healing, then it builds from there. 8 person dungeons are much easier since you have a sidekick healer to help out as well. In 4 person it can be a pain since if you die, usually the party wipes unless there's a summoner to bring you back, but usually not.

What other ppl have already said :) Also a little in line with predicting when damage is going out, the boss will often turn to a certain party member and charge their attack, it helps alot to see this quickly and already start charging a heal (or shield) on that person so the heal lands on them right as they take the damage (or right before in case of shields), rather than waiting for them to take damage first and then start to heal them.

Oh yeah BIGGEST tip, use FOCUS TARGET! This lets you focus target the boss and keep their HP open all the time, seeing their attacks while targeting the tank etc. I remember before I healed we did one dungeon and the Healer kept wiping because she was like I have no idea when the boss is casting Final Curtain or whatever it is, since she was targeting the tank. That's what Focus Target is for, you'll want to focus target the boss at the start of every fight so you can be ready for those big attacks you see coming.

Wow, thank you all for your responses! It really helps!

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use FOCUS TARGET

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Can you explain that? I don't think I've ever seen that before...

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Originally Posted by Gist

Wow, thank you all for your responses! It really helps!

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Can you explain that? I don't think I've ever seen that before...

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Select the boss and type /focustarget, or select it from the submenu when targeting it. It'll allow you to see what the boss is casting. Really handy for charged moves and casted abilities.

Knowing the fight is key. Knowing how your abilities interact with the damage is awesome, too. I'll post my tips a little later.

I'm on PS4 so I just hold the trigger to cycle enemies, which selects the boss first since he's the only one, then square for menu and last option is Focus Target.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

Looks like you're a whm. People will tell you white mage is a reactive healer. Don't listen to them.

You need to proactively proactivate your skills. You need that Cure or Medica dropping just as the damage does. Learn the fights to anticipate the parts that are high damage (either on the raid or on the tank(s)). Learn the best places to stand at various parts, and when AoE is coming that might make you move. Precast, precast, precast. Don't forget your buffs and debuffs -- even WHM virus has its uses.

Regen is amazing.

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Someone said it...at last! A reactive whm is a bad whm.

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Originally Posted by Gist

Wow, thank you all for your responses! It really helps!

Although,



Can you explain that? I don't think I've ever seen that before...

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Shift F is the hotkey to set focus target on PC. Not sure for PS3/4.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

Shift F is the hotkey to set focus target on PC. Not sure for PS3/4.

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The only way I've gotten focus target to work on PS3 was to actually plug in a keyboard and Shift + F.

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Originally Posted by Risvertasashi

Looks like you're a whm. People will tell you white mage is a reactive healer. Don't listen to them.

You need to proactively proactivate your skills. You need that Cure or Medica dropping just as the damage does. Learn the fights to anticipate the parts that are high damage (either on the raid or on the tank(s)). Learn the best places to stand at various parts, and when AoE is coming that might make you move. Precast, precast, precast. Don't forget your buffs and debuffs -- even WHM virus has its uses.

Regen is amazing.

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Originally Posted by Lastelli

Someone said it...at last! A reactive whm is a bad whm.

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The first thing I thought of when I read it was : yeah, Regen is amazing !

So basically here you have the two most important tips for WHM gathered in one post, that's so rare nowadays. Thanks for this!

Just FYI for those on console, you can make a focus target macro.

/focustarget

I have mine next to my number markers on 4th hotbar. One click! This way I don't have to hit square and cycle through the menu, esp if I forgot and need to do it mid fight

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Originally Posted by Garotte14

Just FYI for those on console, you can make a focus target macro.

/focustarget

I have mine next to my number markers on 4th hotbar. One click! This way I don't have to hit square and cycle through the menu, esp if I forgot and need to do it mid fight

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I play on the PS4 and I also have focus target macroed, but I have the macro set to run whenever I push in on the left stick (R3) so it's not using one of my hotbar slots and so I don't have to cycle through extra hotbars.

Main WHM here since 1,5 Years.
Some small tips that will help you be a good whitemage:

- Whitemage is a GREAT healer. Purest healer in the game, straight and simple. Also, the only job in the game, that gives a Mind party bonus. And...The healer with the strongest AOE heals.
- Focus Target. It was explained already how it works. ALWAYS use that, for EVERY boss (not needed on dungeon trash pulls etc~). You NEED to see what the enemy is doing, when he is charging a big attack, so you can react in time. So you PREcast a heal, that goes out imediately after that attack goes out. If Tank takes 10 000 Damage, and then you're like "oh damn i should start healing him", it might be too late.
This will also help you to understand the boss behaviour better.
- Regen. That is your by Far best single target heal spell. Total potency of about 1100+ or something like that. Keep it up 24/7 on Maintank, during the Fight (do not precast it on any pulls)
- Cure > Cure 2. If you can get away with only spamming Cure 1, prefer that. Cure 2 is only your emergency heal, if your Cure 1 per GCD is not enough. That way you get the most Freecure procs, which allows you to use your Cure 2 without MP cost --> MP efficient.
- Divine Seal. Learn to love it. Free 30% stronger heals on a 60s CD. Use it a lot for big heals, or just to save MP (to make your cure 1 stronger, and not need Cure 2 anymore)
- Shroud of Saint. Learn it, Use it. It has 2 major uses: 1. Your to-go MP regeneration skill. Learn to time it properly. Not when you're out of MP, but when you hit like 70-80% MP. On lvl 50 it restores 1100 MP, on lvl 60 it should be around 4500~?!). 2. Your current Enmity (aggro) will be reduced by 50%. It will just "take" half your enmity away. Usefull for a WHM, becasuse you are AOE healing alot sometimes, and on fights where the boss jumps away for 3 minutes..... Tank can't generate more aggro, but you do with your heals. You could get aggro at some point, and this helps. Which leads me to......
- Keep an Eye on your Aggro bar. If the boss turns Red, you have Aggro and he will come to smack your face. Pop Shroud of saint fast enough. Even if that shouldnt happen a lot, its possible. Doesnt hurt, if you have a good overview.
- AOE Healing: Medica 2 > All. Use it, and let the HoT (Healing over Time) get people back up (if there is no other AOE attack from Boss in the next 20-30 Seconds of course).
- Learn when to prefer Medica over Cure 3. When you are with a good group, or a static, for a lot of AOE attacks the group will stack together. No reason to use Medica then, chose a smart Target (like yourself if you are in the middle), and use Cure 3. Especialy if it crits, you will almost jizz your pants, when everyone is back to full from barely surviving. If Random groups, they might be spread out, and your Cure 3 would hit only 3 people (It has a 6y Radius. Medica has 15, Medica 2 has 20)

- Dont let ever any WHM tell you, that Crit is a Bad thing. Its not. It never was. Imagine Tank droping from 11k HP down to 2k, because of a big Hit from a boss. And you time Cure 2 well, and it crits for 6k, instead just healing 4k. Would you be sad, like "oh fuck not a crit again, i hate it"? No you won't. You love it. At least i love every single crit my WHM heals.
What makes too many people hate it is "unpredictable overheal". Like, tank has 1k HP missing, your cure 1 heals 1k, and it crits. 500 HP overheal. But well, fuck it. Its 500 HP free healer. In THIS case it wont help you. In many others it will. You dont throw a Cure just ebcause a tank got pinched for 400 damage.
This does not mean, you should go all for Crit. No, just that Crit is not bad. In Fact, i even prefered it over Spellspeed untill now, because spell speed was, in my eyes, useless for a WHM. Your heals are situational, and timed. And never "spammed"..
DET is considered the best for WHM, because it gives you more consistency in your heals, and less "RNG". But now, Crit doesnt only make you crot more often, it makes your crit harder. So, crit is better than ever. Even for WHM.
Overheal: "Overhealed" HP generate double Enmity than "missing" HP healed. Which leads to increased enmity generation = you might grab aggro.
Therse a simple solution for that: Stop playing with scrub tanks. A good tank wont lose aggro even CLOSE, even if you have 60% overheal. Which doesnt mean, you should overheal. You WILL get a feeling for when to heal smarter, and more efficient. Like, maybe wait for the Tank to lose 2k HP, instead 1k to start your heal, on some trash. Wait a half second more, see if you get a Cure 2 proc, etc etc. With that, any occasional crit won't lead to overheal. But like i said, you just have to keep playing WHM and you will get your own feeling for that.
But anyway... Since theres pretty limited gear choices now, that leads me to the next point, stats:

- Use your 35 points on Mind. All the way. ONLY exception: VIT, if you do Endgame Raid content progression, and need a larger HP Pool to survive certain Attacks (due to beeing slightly undergeared at the beginning)
- Gear stat (2nd Stats only. Mind is obv #1): Piety > rest. Really. Piety is the best stat for any progression. You dont know the content, you might heal less efficient, because you want to keep everyone up, in case something happens. More Piety = More MP = More natural MP Regen per Tick (2% of your Max MP per 3 second). Anything else... Det, SS, or Crit... really... dont give a fuck. If you happen to have 2 pieces of gear with the same item level, you might think about it. But for Whitemage is simple: Higher Item Level = Better gear. So just increase your item level as much as possible (Weapon > Rest), and don't think too much about 2nd stat. They matter for Whitemage the least, in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Garotte14

Just FYI for those on console, you can make a focus target macro.

/focustarget

I have mine next to my number markers on 4th hotbar. One click! This way I don't have to hit square and cycle through the menu, esp if I forgot and need to do it mid fight

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Its literally pressing Square > up on D-pad > X. Anyone who has played mortal combat will tell you, you can do this faster than pressing ctrl + f. Very few things i can do faster on a mouse/keyboard than my controller.

make sure you cast all your abilities by pressing a keyboard button and not by clicking them, your brain will learn what to do when you want to cast the ability.
Move with ESDF if you can, or WASD if you must.

Try to make 3 hotbars for your abilities on the bottom of the screen, assign them buttons like 12345, but also q a w r t g.
You can use ALT and CTRL and i think SHIFT as modifiers, for example by 1st bar is q w r t a g 1 2 3 4 5 ^, my second bar is the same but also using CTRL, 3rd bar is with ALT.
a good one for me is also CTRL+SPACE for things you need to cast in a fraction of a second, like death prevention skills from tanks.


This will go a long way to make sure you can cast what you want when you want it and frees your mind to focus on whom to heal and what heal to use.


I also have a 4th hotbar on top of the 3 where i put all important spells that have a recast timer, then i can see what is up by looking at a single bar.

WHM is the Healer class it's what you are mainly good at. DPS as a WHM got a boost with some new skills also in the latest patch though we lost some of our capability to mitigate with a stoneskin nerf. But you can pump out heals to an entire raid easily and constantly keep HoT up. You have emergency heals and simple single target cures of various strengths as far as healing itself goes WHM is the most capable.

Playing any sort of healing or support class you should know anticipation is key. Learn to love focus target and how to read the skills coming up. After a while you will learn the orders things happen in and can plan accordingly. You need to be learning about your party. When does the Tank need healing? When will the whole group take damage? Who is struggling to dodge? Does the Tank lose aggro to a DPS?

It's a good idea to read up on the skills of various Tank classes too so you can understand when they are using a defensive skill. If they are in trouble and you know they already used their big CDs you might have to burn your benediction CD to save the Tank.

You just have to keep learning fights and different situations then you'll know how to counter them. Develop a thick skin because there is a stigma that Healing is really easy and people will just blame you for almost everything unless they are very experienced and can see who exactly was at fault. Sometimes it's your fault and in that case hold your hand up and say you made a mistake but the rest of the time don't let people convince you that you are bad because you can't carry them.

When it comes to the Healer people want to take it's one who they can rely on to do the job so they can all do their own without having to worry. A reliable Healer and Support (Basically only Bard is support Machinist has support but nobody seems to know how to use it right yet) can make the run that much more enjoyable for everyone.

I hate to hijack this thread, but I have some relevant questions:

How do I heal in high-level content? I've gotten used to healing and (trying to, depending on the tank) Cleric Stance-dancing with all three healers fairly well in low level content, where packs are generally pulled no more than 2 at a time (anything more than that and I start foaming at the mouth trying to keep up with the tank). In most high-level dungeons, though, pulls are done usually until each gate from what I've observed. I have enough sense to not to apply regeneration effects until the tank has hate on everything, but what do I do if the tank's health is going below 50% and he's still pulling?

Also, how do I heal in 8-man content? I've never really felt any synergy with the other healer in what little I've done and I've kinda just watched HP bars. But if the other healer is competent enough to keep everyone up, I kinda feel like I'm not doing much of anything. So how do I know when I need to help and when I can DPS?

I can't say anything about SCH or AST, but this is how I heal big speedpulls in dungeons on WHM:

1.) Before the tank begins pulling, have Stoneskin applied. Do not HoT until he is done with the pull.
2.) Once the tank stops, use Eye for Eye, place Asylum, pop Divine Seal, and cast a cure or two if he takes an initial spike of damage.
3.) Once the tank's HP stabilizes, apply regen, enter Cleric Stance.
4.) Swiftcast Holy, during stun duration cast Aero III, then one or two more Holy, Assize.
5.) At this point, if the tank is still stable, you can stay in cleric and dps while regen keeps the tank up. Otherwise, leave cleric and restabilize the tank.
6.) Remember that non-CS Assize, Tetragrammaton, and Benediction are good emergency buttons if the tank gets dangerously low.

Now if a tank is overpulling to the point where Benediction and DS-buffed Cure II spam is not enough to save him, then it is the tank's fault. A good tank that knows how much to pull and utilizes his mitigation cooldowns will allow you to comfortably do the aforementioned process.

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Originally Posted by Ninster

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you just want to find that balance between heals and DPS. Depending on the class you are playing you will have different kinds of skills but what I find with WHM is with stoneskin up and eye for an eye I have quite a lot of time before the Tank is in any real danger so I can start in cleric stance and pump out some DPS. At 60 the rotation changed a bit so I go something like open with holy which will stun all mobs and damage them meaning the Tank is taking no damage, Aero III which will hit all the mobs then holy again for another stun, assize gives you mana damages all mobs with possible big crits and gives some HP back to the Tank then a final holy if you can before cleric stance is turned off and Tank is topped up. By that time everything should be dead anyway with good DPS you will barely need to heal the Tank.

Synergy with another Healer is hard in a PuG you don't know each other or how you like to play your class. There are several accepted rotations for Tank and DPS but with Healer often people just throw their own playstyle in so it can be hard to learn what kind of person you are playing with. Depending on the class the other Healer is and how they play I try to adjust my style a bit. Some Healers will heal a ton so you can heal a bit less off their shoulder and do DPS at the same time though this suits a SCH more so if you are WHM and the other person is a SCH I'd just assume they want to do that so take on the power Healer role and pump out heals. SCH can handle mitigation and DPS quite easily as can AST and are good at focusing on a single target like the MT leaving the WHM to focus on big group heals for raid wide damage and spreading their HoT.

For the most part it's about knowing what the class and the player are good at and trying to make the most of their skills and how they fit in with yours.

I think I play better when I have more of a free role to get Healing to areas that need it most and get a bunch of DPS out but I'm quite comfortable doing heavy healing too.

Why should I be expected to DPS when that's not in the job description? o.o

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Originally Posted by Gist

Why should I be expected to DPS when that's not in the job description? o.o

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You don't have to DPS, but finding DPS opportunities that don't conflict with your major role of healing and keeping the party alive means you're maximizing your classes' capabilities. To clarify, by healing only you're doing the bare minimum. When doing DPS and healing, you're pushing your classes' potential.

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Originally Posted by Gist

Why should I be expected to DPS when that's not in the job description? o.o

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Just like how dps should also able to tank. And from tanking like a real tank, you push your potential to the limit and exceed it by force.

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Originally Posted by Gist

Why should I be expected to DPS when that's not in the job description? o.o

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If it's on your skill bar then you should use it. It's all about learning to get the most from your class. And it's more fun to find ways to weave skills in to your rotation instead of just being the Healer and it being a snore fest on a good run.

I found a guide :D

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...te_job_guides/

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Originally Posted by Ninster

I hate to hijack this thread, but I have some relevant questions:

How do I heal in high-level content?
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but what do I do if the tank's health is going below 50% and he's still pulling?

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Second question first: Generally... heal the tank. It's on them for pulling more than they can handle. If you want you can let them die, alternatively. It's a lose-lose scenario.

First question: Same basic principles as earlier in the thread. Learn the fights really well. If you aren't comfortable DPSing for this, then don't; that's OK. DPS (IMO) is for when you know a fight well.

You'll learn when the big hits are coming, what tools are best for what situation. For example, Cure II is very inefficient, but sometimes necessary to get through damage spikes. Cure I spam is more mana efficient, but if you want to DPS, Cure II could potentially let you get back to Cleric faster. HoTs are generally good to have up any time there's incoming damage or will be soon, but try to avoid them just before adds pops. Divine Seal is on a short cooldown; use it often, don't hold onto it "just in case" (like not using it for several minutes). But when you know fights, popping it just before a big damage spike is valid.

Really, look at every single skill you have. Carefully note down its effects. Figure out the best times and situations to use it.

Even Surecast is not useless. (Some will disagree with me on this, but really, I think it's useful on some fights).

Now you might want specific examples. For this, you want to go look at the healing guides to various fights, this one for example. Now to really get the most of it... don't just blindly follow what the guides say. Try to figure out why the guide recommends healing a certain mechanic or piece in a certain way. If the guide doesn't specify... ask yourself: When would be good times to pop my cooldowns? When should I use my mitigation (or avoid it and let the SCH mitigate)? Another example, in that guide above, it's telling you to regen in a way that regen won't be up when the add pops (even though it doesn't say this directly).

Beyond that, have a healer wingman come with you on fights that isn't afraid of telling you where you can improve.

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Originally Posted by Gist

Why should I be expected to DPS when that's not in the job description? o.o

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Killing mobs to complete duties is in every combat class' job description. The key difference among the roles is what their primary responsibilities are in a group setting so that essential functions are handled. Once minimum requirements are met, your concern shifts to making things die faster. Same is true of tanks in that they aren't best played as passive enmity sponges.

I loved how OP is being active in this thread instead of just creating it and leaving.

Everyone is giving healing and damaging tips, so I would love to throw out a bit more about being a healer and how you can position yourself.

To be a healer on FFXIV is is to be a tactician, as the Nymian scholars would instruct you. Even this being a Scholar-ish lore point of view, you can really apply it on any healing job. Know your job, know everyone else's job. Communication and experimentation is the key of being a good healer. Talk with your party, specially your healer partner when doing 8-man groups. Try different ways of healing each mechanic and use the one you feel its more comfortable to your party while being comfortable for you.

Even though you can get some tips about healing, its not about a recipe like how you should do a rotation. Remember to experiment, preact and be ready to react to any unexpected issues.

Okay, I understand that DPSing can help me push my limits, but is it absolutely necessary to pass a DPS check in endgame content? Most of the time, I don't have the resources or time to stance dance; if I do, an important member dies due to my negligence. :(

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Okay, I understand that DPSing can help me push my limits, but is it absolutely necessary to pass a DPS check in endgame content? Most of the time, I don't have the resources or time to stance dance; if I do, an important member dies due to my negligence. :(

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To be honest if a healer is needed to dps your dps players ain't doing there job , there is no real reason a whm should be dpsing maybe a few dots here and there but nothing serious
As long as your healing properly I wouldn't bother unless you want to try improve your own play

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Originally Posted by Gist

Okay, I understand that DPSing can help me push my limits, but is it absolutely necessary to pass a DPS check in endgame content? Most of the time, I don't have the resources or time to stance dance; if I do, an important member dies due to my negligence. :(

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The key is to choose your actions appropriately, just as with all other things.

The only real failure is in not considering DPS skills as options. Healers who ignore that part of their kit are doing themselves and their parties a disservice during healing downtime.

Not DPSing because the healing requirement of the encounter precludes such is another thing altogether.

I'm a new healer too (Just started healing a few months ago), but I've been playing MMOs since Lineage back in the 90's. Here's my advise:

Arrange your HUD so everything is centered and easy to see/access. I like to have the focus target near the party frame so I can keep an eye on boss mechanics while watching HP bars.

If you use a mouse/keyboard, keybind all your skills. You don't want to be clicking stuff during combat (a little clicking is okay, but it takes time to move the mouse and this can delay healing). I also have 1 bar set to the largest setting and placed next to my character to keep an eye on important procs and cooldowns.

F1 - f8 will target your party members (also you can move people around in the party frame for easier healing).

The rest will come with experience. Such as, don't always spam Cure II, most of the time a Cure w/ Regen will do just fine. Good luck!

The only time you should ignore healing and DPS is when you hit an enrage skill and you don't need to keep DPS alive. :-) Even though if you miss a few times, those few DoTs and whatever you throw at the boss can get a clear or not. Damage is damage ^-^

If you do start incorporating DPS into your playstyle, if you can pick out recovery phases of an encounter (low damage that can be sustained by heal over times or simple Cures), start with throwing only DoTs up. Once you become more comfortable with both healing & MP management, you can throw in extra DPS in the long run.

Hmmmmmm. Alright, huge thank you to everyone who answered my noob questions, hopefully I'll be able to go out and heal with little difficulty! </3